DURHAM CAN UPDATES

NOTE: Holy Cross is a dues paying member of Durham CAN. Future plans: the Holy Cross CAN Core Team will relaunch in September 2023. Following is information of current actions that Durham CAN is supporting.

Durham City Council Updates

Durham CAN leaders will be meeting with the Durham City Manager to discuss the concern that there be prioritized funding for a bilingual code enforcement inspector for Neighborhood Improvement Services to better

serve Spanish speaking families.

Additionally, CAN has joined forces with Housing for New Hope in support of their proposal to preserve the Carver Creek Apartments as affordable housing and prevent families from losing their homes. CAN has called upon both the City and County governments to prioritize $6 million in funding to preserve the affordability of 48 units of housing rented to low-income residents 55 and older. The funding would enable the Carver Creek residents to stay in their homes as well as provide for the construction of an additional supportive housing complex across both properties in the future. County Commissioners support the funding request. However, the City Council is still assessing the request and has yet to establish a position.

Durham County Commissioners Updates

Durham CAN will request that County officials allocate American Rescue Plan funds to bolster planning and infrastructure to address the homeless community's needs for a downtown day shelter. The funding would assist Urban Ministries of Durham in planning and launching a public-private partnership aimed at the construction of a downtown day shelter. 

The Downtown Day Shelter would: 

• Preserve UMD's downtown location
• Maintain UMD's services to the downtown community
• Expand basic, medical, and social services to Durham's unsheltered community
• Provide an integrated continuum of care and services for our most vulnerable neighbors
• Provide permanent supportive housing as well as transitional housing